A new perspective in ocular infection and the role of antibiotics

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Miyanaga, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial capsule; Bacterial slime; Biofilm; Clarislomycin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CORTICOSTEROID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL FLORA; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; POSTANTIBIOTIC EFFECT; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0031053349     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310879     Document Type: Article

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